34-666: The Jacqui Lambie Network ( JLN ) is a political party in Australia, formed in May 2015, bearing the name of its founder, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie . The JLN has maintained populist support for working class " battlers ", especially welfare recipients. The party currently has two elected members; Jacqui Lambie in the Australian Senate and Andrew Jenner in the Tasmanian House of Assembly . The JLN
68-440: A Change.org petition organised by Julie-Ann Finney, whose son David Finney killed himself after a crippling battle with post-traumatic stress injury, Lambie has called for a royal commission into veteran suicide. The Morrison Government announced their intention to appoint a National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention to inquire into the deaths by suicide of serving and former ADF members. Lambie criticised
102-497: A campaign to support Australian manufacturing with concerns about Australia's reliance on foreign imported products; she believes these concerns are a threat to Australia's economic sovereignty; magnified with the advent of COVID-19. Lambie has said on her website "It’s about time that the people in Parliament woke up to China’s attempts to infiltrate our economy and our democracy." Her concerns are echoed by Duncan Lewis, formerly
136-689: A centre-left party which is formally linked to the Australian labour movement . Formed in 1893, it has been a major party federally since 1901, and has been one of the two major parties since the 1910 federal election . The ALP is in government in New South Wales , Victoria , South Australia , Western Australia , the Australian Capital Territory and the Federal Government of Australia . The other group
170-741: A certain number of members. Federally, since 2022, unless a party has current parliamentary representation, they must demonstrate they have 1,500 members. For the state and territory elections, parties require 100 members in Tasmania and the ACT, 200 in South Australia and Northern Territory, 500 in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia, and 750 in New South Wales. Parties listed in alphabetical order as of September 2024: As of
204-826: A member of either the Labor Party, the Liberal Party, or one of the Liberal Party's previous incarnations (the Commonwealth Liberal Party , the Nationalist Party of Australia , and the United Australia Party ). The Liberal Party is joined by the National Party , a party that represents rural and agricultural interests. The Nationals contest a limited number of seats and do not generally directly compete with
238-674: A member of either the Labor or Liberal parties. On two occasions (involving Earle Page in 1939, and John McEwen from December 1967 to January 1968), the deputy prime minister , the leader of the National Party (then known as the Country Party), became the prime minister temporarily, upon the death of the incumbent prime minister. Arthur Fadden was the only other Country Party, prime minister. He assumed office in August 1941 after
272-634: A statement demanding Michael Ferguson resigns from the Tasmanian executive government , despite her MPs keeping the party in government. On 20 August 2024, JLN Members Rebekah Pentland and Andrew Jenner were interviewed on ABC Hobart's morning programme, where Andrew Jenner agreed with Jacqui Lambie's call to remove Michael Ferguson as treasurer. In the same interview, Rebekah Pentland stated she found Jacqui Lambie's interference in Tasmanian State Parliament, "not very helpful'. In
306-595: Is a conservative grouping of parties that are in coalition at the federal level, as well as in New South Wales , but compete in Western Australia and South Australia . It is in government in Tasmania and the Northern Territory . The main party in this group is the centre-right Liberal Party . The Liberal Party is the modern form of a conservative group that has existed since the combination of
340-665: Is an Australian politician currently serving as one of seven members for Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly , and has served in this position since March 2024. Pentland is a pharmaceutical business consultant. In the 2024 Tasmanian state election she was elected in Bass . In August 2024, she and Miriam Beswick were expelled from the Jacqui Lambie Network . Pentland lives in Youngtown with her three children. This article about an Australian politician
374-735: Is the secretary, former RSL New South Wales chief executive and JLN NSW senate candidate Glenn Kolomeitz is treasurer and Ian Basckin also serves on the board. At the 2016 federal election , the Jacqui Lambie Network fielded 10 candidates for the Senate (three each in Tasmania and New South Wales, and two each in Queensland and Victoria) but no candidates for seats in the House of Representatives . The Jacqui Lambie Network has selected candidates from SA, NSW and Queensland to run in
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#1732776851988408-576: The 2018 Tasmanian state election , in the electorates of Lyons, Braddon and Bass. After a pre-election refusal from Tasmanian Labor and the Tasmanian Liberals to negotiate with minor parties to form government in a possible hung parliament scenario , Lambie called the matter a 'slap in the face.' After the election no JLN candidate won a seat, with the highest-first-preference candidate, Mayor of Spring Bay Michael Kent winning around 2,000 first-preference votes, being eliminated in one of
442-737: The Next Australian federal election . List of political parties in Australia [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The politics of Australia has a mild two-party system , with two dominant political groupings in the Australian political system, the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition . Federally, 17 of the 151 members of the lower house (Members of Parliament, or MPs) are not members of major parties, as well as 21 of
476-497: The Protectionist Party and Free Trade Party into the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909. Although this group has changed its nomenclature, there has been a general continuity of MPs and structure between different forms of the party. Its modern form was founded by Robert Menzies in 1944. The party's philosophy is generally liberal conservatism . Every elected prime minister of Australia since 1910 has been
510-497: The parliamentary eligibility crisis , she announced her resignation on 14 November 2017. After a recount, she was replaced by Devonport Mayor Steve Martin , who had been second on the JLN ticket in the 2016 federal election. He survived a challenge to his own eligibility, on a different constitutional ground, but refused to step down so as to create a casual Senate vacancy to which Lambie could be appointed. Lambine later expelled him from
544-495: The 76 members of the upper house (senators). The Parliament of Australia has a number of distinctive features including compulsory voting , with full- preference instant-runoff voting in single-member seats to elect the lower house , the Australian House of Representatives , and the use of the single transferable vote to elect the upper house , the Australian Senate . Other parties tend to perform better in
578-515: The Director-General of Security at ASIO . Upon its application to register as a political party in 2015, it was described that the party would "favour the introduction of a financial transactions tax ". The party's board was unknown until 1 August 2024, when it was disclosed by Lambie in an interview on ABC Radio Hobart . Lambie has served as party president since July 2024, while former Tasmanian state election candidate Chris Hannan
612-943: The Government's plan in a dissenting report, noting that "The families of veterans who have taken their own lives support a Royal Commission. The institutions who are being blamed for those suicides support a National Commissioner." On 8 July 2021, a Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide in Australia was established. Lambie introduced a bill to the Australian Senate in February 2020 that proposes to tighten political donations laws. The bill seeks to amend current laws that permit political donations under $ 14,300 to not be disclosed. Lambie has proposed lowering this threshold to $ 2,500. The bill also proposes to introduce electoral expenditure accounts for organisations that run political campaigns In early 2020, Lambie started
646-479: The Labor Party gained a significant bloc of middle-class support and the Coalition gained a significant bloc of working-class support. The two-party duopoly has been relatively stable, with the two groupings (Labor and Coalition) gaining at least 70% of the primary vote in every election between 1910 and 2019 (including the votes of autonomous state parties). Third parties have only rarely received more than 10% of
680-451: The Liberal Party. Its ideology is generally more socially conservative than that of the Liberal Party. In 1987, the National Party made an abortive run for the office of prime minister in its own right, in the Joh for Canberra campaign. However, it has generally not aspired to become the majority party in the coalition, and it is generally understood that the prime minister of Australia will be
714-531: The Nationals and their predecessors, and the Liberals and their predecessors) since 1923, with minor breaks in 1940, 1973, and 1987. Historically, support for either the Coalition or the Labor Party was often viewed as being based on social class, with the upper and middle classes supporting the Coalition and the working class supporting Labor. This has been a less important factor since the 1970s and 1980s when
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#1732776851988748-1305: The New South Wales Electoral Commission: As of the Victorian Electoral Commission: As of the Queensland Electoral Commission: Right-wing populism , Hansonism As of the Western Australian Electoral Commission: As of the Electoral Commission of South Australia: As of the Tasmanian Electoral Commission: As listed with the ACT Electoral Commission: As of the Northern Territory Electoral Commission: Rebekah Pentland Rebekah Samantha Pentland (born 20 February 1978)
782-589: The final counts. Kent's preferences largely benefited Liberal candidates. The Jacqui Lambie Network chose not to contest the 2021 Tasmanian state election , despite being a registered state party. Jacqui Lambie announced that she would be putting forward candidates for the 2024 Tasmanian state election . In this election, the JLN won seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the first time. Three candidates were elected. The party contested all seats except for Clark . On 10 April 2024, an agreement with
816-708: The formation of the party, Lambie revealed the party's 12 "core beliefs", including establishing a national apprentice, trade and traineeship system incorporating both the Australian Defence Force and TAFEs , dedicated Indigenous seats in parliament, and supporting the introduction of a carbon tax. Early in her political career, Lambie promoted firm nationalist sentiments, first in opposition to Sharia law , and more recently about " Chinese foreign interference ". In an interview with ABC News in 2018, Lambie distanced herself from her previous views on Sharia law, stating she did not want to "cause division", and
850-415: The minority Liberal government was reached to provide confidence and supply. This deal has been criticised by current and former state MPs for rendering the party incapable of being independent. On 2 July 2024, the three elected JLN state members were reported to have issued a "butt out" legal notice to Jacqui Lambie. It was claimed she was directing them how to vote. On 16 August 2024, Jacqui Lambie issued
884-584: The party for disloyalty. Tammy Tyrrell was selected as the lead candidate on the Jacqui Lambie Network's Senate ticket for the 2022 federal election, and was elected at that election. On 28 March 2024, Tyrrell announced she would resign from the Jacqui Lambie Network to sit as an independent , saying that Lambie was "not happy" with the way she was representing the party. On 1 August 2024, after an interview on ABC Radio Hobart where Jacqui Lambie stated she did not know why Tyrrell left, Tyrrell stated that Lambie had told her to leave. The JLN ran 12 candidates in
918-551: The resignation of Robert Menzies and served as prime minister until October of that year. The Liberal and National parties have merged in Queensland and the Northern Territory / South Australia , although the resultant parties are different. The Liberal National Party of Queensland , formed in 2008, is a branch of the Liberal Party, but it is affiliated with the Nationals and members elected to federal parliament may sit as either Liberals or Nationals. The Country Liberal Party
952-509: The same interview, Andrew Jenner claimed that Tasmanian Salmon Aquaculture has paid no taxes for three years. This has been disputed by Luke Martin, CEO of Salmon Tasmania. On the 24 August 2024, Jacqui Lambie kicked out Rebekah Pentland and Miriam Beswick from the party, leaving them as independent MPs. This meant the agreement with the Rockcliff government was null and void. On 29 August 2024, Lambie signalled her foray into state politics
986-407: The upper houses of the various federal and state parliaments since these typically use a form of proportional representation , except for in Tasmania where the lower house is proportionally elected and the upper house is made up of single member districts. Two political groups dominate the Australian political spectrum, forming a de facto two-party system. One is the Australian Labor Party (ALP),
1020-610: The vote for the Australian House of Representatives in a federal election, such as the Australian Democrats in the 1990 election and the Australian Greens in 2010 , 2016 , 2019 and 2022 . Additionally, support for Independent politicians in Australia has resulted in major parties having to come to agreements to form government at times, including the 2010 Australian Federal Election . To maintain registration, parties must demonstrate that they have
1054-478: Was formed in 1978 when the Northern Territory gained responsible government. It is a separate member of the federal coalition, but it is affiliated with the two major members and its president has voting rights in the National Party. The name refers to the older name of the National Party. Federally, these parties are collectively known as the Coalition . The Coalition has existed continually (between
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1088-630: Was formed to allow Lambie to re-contest her Senate seat at the 2016 federal election , after she resigned from the Palmer United Party in November 2014. It gained 8.3% of the Senate popular vote in Tasmania in 2016 , slightly increasing its vote share to 8.9% at the 2019 election . In November 2017, she was revealed to hold Australian-British dual citizenship , having inherited British citizenship from her Scottish-born father. As part of
1122-411: Was influenced by "a previous advisor that was really driving that in". On 22 August 2024, Lambie was accused by fellow Senator Mehreen Faruqi of vilifying Muslims during a parliamentary debate over Australia's granting of visas for Gazans. "I had to sit here and listen to Senator [Jacqui] Lambie attack and vilify Muslims and she couldn’t even pronounce my name", she claimed on SBS News. In response to
1156-461: Was over. On 24 August 2024, Rebekah Pentland and Miriam Beswick were removed from the party. They will sit as independents. The party now has one MP, Andrew Jenner. In August 2024, Leader Jacqui Lambie announced she will not run candidates in Tasmanian state elections in the future. She also apologised to Premier Rockliff for government instability after her party 'imploded'. While announcing
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